Our Blood Institute
TESTING LABORATORY TECHNICIAN I-NIGHTS (OKLAHOMA CITY, OK)
Our Blood Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73116
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Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Pay: Competitive pay based on education and/or experience plus shift differential and $500 bonus after 6 months and $1,000 bonus after 1 year.
Benefits: Health, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term disability, 401(k), paid-time-off, $5,000 annual tuition reimbursement, annual uniform voucher, etc.
Days: Monday through Friday with rotating Saturday’s and on-call.
Hours: 8:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. (NIGHTS).
Position Testing Laboratory Technicians perform tests and equipment maintenance requiring independent judgment. Resolve problems to ensure a safe blood supply and reasonable testing turnaround. A Laboratory Technician I is responsible for sample processing, test performance, equipment maintenance, and reporting test results.
Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in chemical, physical, biological, or clinical laboratory science or MLT from an accredited institution. Written and verbal communication skills are required.
Special Requirements Must have full sight. Hearing impairment requiring a hearing aid(s) is acceptable. Must be fully ambulatory. Lifting and carrying 50 pounds routinely.
Primary Responsibilities Follow Testing Laboratory's Standard Operating Procedures for sample handling, processing, testing, reporting, and maintaining records of test results. Adhere to the laboratory's quality control policies and document all quality control activities, equipment and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed. Follow the laboratory's established policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance. Identify problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and either correct the problems and immediately notify the testing laboratory management or Medical director. Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications. Perform all necessary maintenance on testing equipment and document on applicable maintenance forms. Troubleshoot issues with equipment, reagents, and controls. Available for taking on-call for STAT testing and testing due to blood inventory issues. Locate specimens which require further testing and sort into the applicable Testing Department. Communicate all accessioning, sample processing, testing, equipment, and reagent issues to Supervisor/Lead Technician. Be available to work hours according to draw/clients and rotate weekends/holidays. Discard samples as required. Inspect reagents and supplies received in the testing laboratory. Label reagents and supplies with date received and status. Store reagents and supplies in the appropriate location. Perform additional duties as needed.
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Position Testing Laboratory Technicians perform tests and equipment maintenance requiring independent judgment. Resolve problems to ensure a safe blood supply and reasonable testing turnaround. A Laboratory Technician I is responsible for sample processing, test performance, equipment maintenance, and reporting test results.
Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in chemical, physical, biological, or clinical laboratory science or MLT from an accredited institution. Written and verbal communication skills are required.
Special Requirements Must have full sight. Hearing impairment requiring a hearing aid(s) is acceptable. Must be fully ambulatory. Lifting and carrying 50 pounds routinely.
Primary Responsibilities Follow Testing Laboratory's Standard Operating Procedures for sample handling, processing, testing, reporting, and maintaining records of test results. Adhere to the laboratory's quality control policies and document all quality control activities, equipment and procedural calibrations and maintenance performed. Follow the laboratory's established policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance. Identify problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and either correct the problems and immediately notify the testing laboratory management or Medical director. Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications. Perform all necessary maintenance on testing equipment and document on applicable maintenance forms. Troubleshoot issues with equipment, reagents, and controls. Available for taking on-call for STAT testing and testing due to blood inventory issues. Locate specimens which require further testing and sort into the applicable Testing Department. Communicate all accessioning, sample processing, testing, equipment, and reagent issues to Supervisor/Lead Technician. Be available to work hours according to draw/clients and rotate weekends/holidays. Discard samples as required. Inspect reagents and supplies received in the testing laboratory. Label reagents and supplies with date received and status. Store reagents and supplies in the appropriate location. Perform additional duties as needed.
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